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WTBA is a collection of and conversation about powerful books that strengthen, elevate, inspire and help to grow powerful, resilient kids. We're a book oriented guide for parents, grandparents, educators, aunts, uncles and anyone involved in nurturing children and caring for friends.

Sam's little boy Angus is crawling now and his first order of business every day is to crawl on over and wrestle Ivy!

Kid wrestling can get a bit wild to nervous adult eyes and the temptation is to call a halt to the whole of it. But there’s a growing consensus that wrestling or roughhousing is not just good for kid’s overall physical and mental health—it’s vital.

In Psychology Today, Peter Gray says: "From an evolutionary perspective, the main purpose of play is education." It’s all about learning survival skills. And even though life in the urban jungle requires other specific skills—conflict resolution, coding, cooking etc—there are still heaps of benefits to roughhouse play.

You might be interested in this book—it's all about the benefits of roughhousing.

Where The Books Are | Powerful Books For Powerful Kids

A conversation about books + kids. A website resource and book reviews for educators, parents, grandparents. The main focus is emotional resilience.

WTBA is a conversation about books and kids. You'll see that we take a broad approach, but our core passion is picture and chapter books—and our primary motivator is emotional resilience .... click here for more about us